Increasing your retention rate is like hosting a great party: 1. Invite the right people 2. Welcome them thoughtfully 3. Make sure they have a great time 4. Catch them before they bail 5. If they leave, show them what they're missing

Hey! We're looking for volunteers to conduct mock technical interviews for folks looking for their first eng role. The participants are primarily career-changers, non-traditionally educated (bootcampers or self-taught), and underrepresented in the industry. Signal boost, please!

Yet another soul-destroying discussion of whether to call what we do UX, CX, SD, UI, IxD, PD. OMG FFS PLEASE MAKE IT STOP. 1

Big news in the #MarTech space. A mash up of two great companies, twilio and emre özdamar. Things are about to get about to get interesting.

Join me today as I discuss the next evolution in product analytics with Amplitude: Using #MachineLearning to automatically identify paths in the customer journey that either accelerate or hinder the customer experience. Slalom Seattle Amplitude info.amplitude.com/journeys-launc…

My 10 Commandments of Navigating Code Reviews techbeacon.com/app-dev-testin…

This is too true. Persistence conquers the pit of despair that inevitably accompanies big evolutions.

Growth hacking ain’t just for startups anymore. Given its tremendous success, it’s time for enterprises to get onboard. The right tools like Amplitude make this much easier.

Happy birthday to Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer! We're excited to announce a birthday of our own: our #WomenInTech group, Slalom WIT, turns 1 today! To help us #CelebrateAuthenticity, we asked some of our founding WIT leads what being a woman in tech means to them.

“We don’t write PRDs (Product Requirement Documents) as that’s too waterfall. We’re more agile than that.” My experience tells otherwise: you’ll prob lose a lot of time later. A good PRD answers a few, but critical questions. Here’s how short it can be at Airbnb (via Lenny Rachitsky )

My co-founder Chandra Narayanan's quote has become something of a product-builder's mantra for us: Diagnose with data and treat with design. There is so much packed into those sentences! Thread going deeper 👇 (1/15)

Friday thread on email and how I get to Inbox Zero almost everyday. On ave, I receive 200-300 emails per day. Here's how I process mine. >>

What’s a no-brainer marketing tactic for any brand that’s often overlooked?

Sage leadership advice👇

Some paradoxes of modern life: 1. The paradox of reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the vast majority of what you read.

Best description of NFT I've seen

Razors are rules that simplify decisions. THREAD: 20+ powerful razors (to help you cut through life’s noise):

🔧 Troubleshooting your #AWS #CloudFormation stacks just got easier 🔧 You can now disable automatic rollback, keep successfully provisioned resources, and retry stack operations! go.aws/2V2BvJa

You're a leader. You're killer at execution. You need your team to be the same. Here’s a framework for building a culture of rigorous thinking: